1. LAWRENCE¹ GREATRAKE was born Abt. 1700, and died Abt. 1760 in , , Eng. He is thought to have been the same Lawrence Greatrake listed in Bristol financial accounts records in 1759 as a plumber. If so, he was probably a near relative of Osborne Greatrake, a prominent English merchant and sea captain who had an estate in County Cork and a mercantile establishment in Bristol (see "Family of Greatrakes," in The Gentleman's Magazine, January, 1815, p. 8; see also the Rev. Samuel Hayman's "Notes on the family of Greatrakes," in The Reliquary and Illustrated Archaeologist: A Quarterly Journal and Review, Vol. IV. No. 14 [1863], 81-96; Vol. IV. No. 16 [1864], 220-36; and Vol. V. No. 18 [1865], 94-104). LAWRENCE GREATRAKE married UNAMED ______ Abt. 1725. She was born Abt. 1705.

Generation No. 2

2. ROGER² GREATRAKE (LAWRENCE ¹) was born Abt. 1730 in < , Cork, Ire.>, and died Abt. 1803 in , , Eng. (perhaps in Lancashire). He married ELIZABETH COTTLE 21 May 1759 in Bath, Somerset, Eng. She was born Abt. 1732 in < , , Eng.>, and died 29 Jul 1793 at Apsley Mill, Hertford, Eng. Roger was the manager (and perhaps part owner) of the corn and paper mill at Apsley, in Kings Langley Parish (near Hemel Hempstead), Hertfordshire, until the late 1790s. It was at his mill, and some adjacent mills, that the machine-made paper-making industry was established, shortly after Roger Greatrake's death.

Generation No. 3

3. LAWRENCE³ GREATRAKE (ROGER ², LAWRENCE ¹) was born Abt. 1760 in < , Cork, Ire.>, and died 1817 in Wilmington, New Castle, DE. He married ELIZA ______ Abt. 1790 in Eng.. She was born Abt. 1765 in <Eng.>, and died 1838 in <Wilmington, New Castle, DE>.

4. MARY ANN³ GREATRAKE (ROGER ², LAWRENCE ¹) was born Abt. 1770, and died Aft. 1806 in < , , Eng.>. She married JOSEPH HAMILTON 05 Oct 1792 in Hemel Hempstead, Hertford, Eng.. He was born Abt. 1768 in < , , Eng.>, and died Aft. 1806 in < , , Eng.>.

Generation No. 4

5. ELIZA⁴ GREATRAKE (LAWRENCE ³, ROGER ², LAWRENCE ¹) was born Abt. 1791 in Hemel Hempstead, Hertford, Eng., and died Aft. 1832. She married BENJAMIN FRANKLIN PEALE 24 Apr 1815 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, son of CHARLES PEALE and ELIZABETH DEPEYSTER. He was born 15 Oct 1795 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, and died 05 May 1870.

6. LAWRENCE⁴ GREATRAKE, JR. (LAWRENCE ³, ROGER², LAWRENCE ¹) was born 08 May 1793 in Hemel Hempstead, Hertford, Eng., and died Abt. 1839 in Paris, Henry, TN. He married (1) LYDIA ______ Abt. 1810 in <Wilmington, New Castle, DE>. She was born Abt. 1795, and died Aft. 1824. He married (2) MARIA JACQUET 01 Jun 1834 in Wilmington, New Castle, DE, daughter of JESSE JAQUETT and SARAH BRUMFIELD. She was born Abt. 1793 in <Baltimore, Baltimore, MD>, and died Aft. 1870 in <PA>.

7. HENRY JOSEPH⁴ GREATRAKE (LAWRENCE³, ROGER², LAWRENCE¹) was born 18 Feb 1798 in Hemel Hempstead, Hertford, Eng., and died Abt. 1855 in < , , OH>. He married ELIZABETH C. CROCKETT 07 Jun 1846 in , Hamilton, OH. She was born Abt. 1813, and died 1876 in , , OH.

Generation No. 5

8. LYDIA⁵ GRATOREX (LAWRENCE ⁴ GREATRAKE, LAWRENCE ³, ROGER ², LAWRENCE ¹) was born 1815 in <Wilmington, New Castle, DE>, and died Aft. 1880 in < , , PA>. She married RICHARD NEWTON 07 Aug 1839 in New York City, New York, NY. He was born 25 Jul 1813 in Liverpool, Lancs., Eng., and died 25 May 1887 in Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia, PA.

9. CHARLES L.⁵ GREATRAKE (LAWRENCE⁴, LAWRENCE³, ROGER² , LAWRENCE¹) was born Abt. 1819 in Baltimore, Baltimore, MD, and died Aft. 1870 in < , , OH>. He married AMANDA ______ Abt. 1848 in < , Cuyahoga, OH>. She was born Abt. 1822 in , , PA. Note: A "Charles L. Greatrake" is in the 1860 Indiana Census, living in Floyd Co. (New Albany Ward 2). He was probably the son of Lawrence Greatrake, Jr.

10. ELIZABETH M. ⁵ GREATRAKE (LAWRENCE ⁴, LAWRENCE ³, ROGER ², LAWRENCE ¹) was born Abt. 1826 in <, , PA>, and died Aft. 1845. She married JOHN F. C OLE Abt. 1843. He was born Abt. 1822, and died Aft. 1845.

11. EDWIN R. ⁵ GREATRAKE (HENRY JOSEPH ⁴, LAWRENCE ³, ROGER ², LAWRENCE ¹) was born Abt. 1852 in , , IN, and died 1892 in , , CO. He married CAROLINE " CARRI" SOPHIE LESEBERG Abt. 1879 in < , , OH>, daughter of UNAMED LESEBERG and UNAMED ______. She was born 29 Oct 1848 in Cincinnati, Hamilton, OH, and died 31 May 1942 in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA.

Generation No. 6

12. CHARLES CLIFFORD ⁶ GREATRAKE (EDWIN R. ⁵, HENRY JOSEPH ⁴, LAWRENCE ³, ROGER ², LAWRENCE¹) was born 19 Jan 1883 in , , OH, and died 1937 in , , CA. He married ELIZABETH COPE Abt. 1915, daughter of UNAMED COPE and HANNAH _____. She was born 02 Jul 1891 in , , CO, and died Feb 1970 in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA.